| 守兵 | shǒu bīng | guard; garrison soldier |
| 富国强兵 | fù guó qiáng bīng | lit. rich country, strong army (idiom); slogan of legalist philosophers in pre-Han times; Make the country wealthy and the military powerful, slogan of modernizers in Qing China and Meiji Japan (Japanese pronunciation: Fukoku kyōhei) |
| 弩兵 | nǔ bīng | archer; infantry armed with crossbow |
| 强兵 | qiáng bīng | strong soldiers; make the military powerful (political slogan) |
| 强将手下无弱兵 | qiáng jiàng shǒu xià wú ruò bīng | There are no poor soldiers under a good general |
| 志愿兵 | zhì yuàn bīng | volunteer soldier; CL:名 |
| 宪兵队 | xiàn bīng duì | the Kempeitai or Japanese Military Police 1881-1945 (Japanese counterpart of the Gestapo during WWII) |
| 招兵 | zhāo bīng | recruit soldiers |
| 招兵买马 | zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ | to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom); to raise a large army; fig. to expand business; to recruit new staff |
| 排头兵 | pái tóu bīng | lit. frontline troops; leader; trailblazer; pacesetter |
| 援兵 | yuán bīng | reinforcement |
| 搬兵 | bān bīng | to call for reinforcements; to bring in troops |
| 担架兵 | dān jià bīng | stretcher bearer (military) |
| 收兵 | shōu bīng | to retreat; to withdraw troops; to recall troops; fig. to finish work; to wind up; to call it a day; used with negatives: the task is far from over |
| 散兵 | sǎn bīng | loose and disorganized soldiers; stragglers; fig. a loner |
| 散兵坑 | sǎn bīng kēng | foxhole (military) |
| 散兵游勇 | sǎn bīng yóu yǒng | lit. straggling and disbanded soldiers (idiom); fig. disorganized uncoordinated action |
| 旗兵 | qí bīng | Manchurian soldier |
| 杯酒释兵权 | bēi jiǔ shì bīng quán | to dismiss military hierarchy using wine cups; cf Song founding Emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 holds a banquet in 961 and persuades his senior army commanders to go home to their provinces |
| 案兵束甲 | àn bīng shù jiǎ | to rest weapons and loosen armor (idiom); to relax from fighting |
| 案甲休兵 | àn jiǎ xiū bīng | to put down weapon and let soldiers rest (idiom); to relax from fighting |
| 残兵败将 | cán bīng bài jiàng | ruined army, defeated general (idiom); scattered remnants |
| 派兵 | pài bīng | to dispatch troops |
| 清兵 | Qīng bīng | Qing troops; Manchu soldiers |
| 溃兵 | kuì bīng | defeated troops; routed army; scattered soldiers |
| 特种兵 | tè zhǒng bīng | commando; special forces soldier |
| 疑兵 | yí bīng | troops deployed to mislead the enemy |
| 发兵 | fā bīng | to dispatch an army; to send troops |
| 砲兵 | pào bīng | artillery soldier; gunner; also written 炮兵 |
| 空降兵 | kōng jiàng bīng | paratroopers |
| 精兵 | jīng bīng | elite troops |
| 纸上谈兵 | zhǐ shàng tán bīng | lit. military tactics on paper (idiom); fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice; armchair strategist; idle theorizing; cf Zhao Kuo 赵括 leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 长平之战 in 260 BC |
| 绿旗兵 | Lǜ qí bīng | same as 绿营[lu:4 ying2], Green standard army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units |
| 绿营兵 | Lǜ yíng bīng | Green standard army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units |
| 缓兵之计 | huǎn bīng zhī jì | delaying tactics; stalling; measures to stave off an attack; stratagem to win a respite |
| 兴兵 | xīng bīng | to send troops |
| 草木皆兵 | cǎo mù jiē bīng | lit. every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiom); fig. to panic and treat everyone as an enemy; to feel beleaguered |
| 草率收兵 | cǎo shuài shōu bīng | to work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted; half-baked |
| 草草收兵 | cǎo cǎo shōu bīng | to work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted; half-baked |
| 号兵 | hào bīng | bugler; trumpeter (military) |
| 虾兵蟹将 | xiā bīng xiè jiàng | shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea); useless troops (idiom) |
| 裁兵 | cái bīng | to reduce troop numbers; disarmament |
| 调兵山 | Diào bīng shān | Mt Diaobingshan in Tieling; Diaobingshan district of Tieling city 铁岭市, Liaoning |
| 调兵山市 | Diào bīng shān shì | Diaobingshan district of Tieling city 铁岭市, Liaoning |
| 调兵遣将 | diào bīng qiǎn jiàng | to move an army and send a general (idiom); to deploy an army; to send a team on a task |
| 阿兵哥 | ā bīng gē | soldier boy (colloquial) |
| 陈兵 | chén bīng | to deploy troops; to mass troops |
| 陈桥兵变 | Chén qiáo bīng biàn | the military revolt of 960 that led Zhao Kuangyin 赵匡胤 to found the Song dynasty |
| 双后前兵开局 | shuāng hòu qián bīng kāi jú | Double Queen Pawn Opening; Closed Game (chess); same as 封闭性开局 |
养兵千日，
用兵一时 | yǎng bīng qiān rì ,
yòng bīng yī shí | lit. Train an army for a thousand days to use it for an hour. (idiom); fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off |
